Haiku Salut - Glockelbar

Artist: Haiku Salut
Track: Glockelbar
Album: Tricolore (2013)

Haiku Salut is an instrumental trio from the Derbyshire Dales in England, who fuse elements of neoclassical, folktronica, post rock, folk, and electronica. Between them, Haiku Salut play accordion, piano, glockenspiel, trumpet, guitar, ukulele, drums, and melodica. Their music also features electronic elements, which they refer to as "loopery and laptopery".

The group formed in 2010, and their debut EP, “How We Got Along After the Yarn Bomb” (2011), was released on Team Strike Force records, with their debut album "Tricolore" (2013) released on How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Grab their music and more on Bandcamp, and stay up to date on Facebook.

Haiku Salut never speak onstage, and refer to themselves as "three mute girls".

Follow @haikusalut on Twitter

Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet

Artist: Detektivbyrån
Track: Nattöppet
Album: E18 (2008)

Detektivbyrån ("The Detective Agency") was a Swedish electronica and folk music trio from Gothenburg. The group consisted of Anders "Flanders" Molin (accordion, music box), Martin "MacGyver" Molin (glockenspiel, traktofon, toy piano, Theremin) and Jon Nils Emanuel Ekström drums, sound box, small bells.

The band released two albums during their existence, E18 (May 2008) and Wermland (Sept 2008). In August 2010, the band was dissolved and clearly stated on their official website that they would not make any more music or live performances under the name Detektivbyrån.

Follow @DBdetektivbyran on Twitter, but it's not been active since 2009.

The Album Leaf - There Is A Wind

Artist: The Album Leaf
Track: There Is A Wind
Album: A Chorus of Storytellers (2010)

The Album Leaf is an American solo musical project founded in San Diego, California in 1998 by Jimmy LaValle. He is known for his use of electronics, synthesizer and rhodes piano.



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The Octopus Project - Music Is Happiness

Artist: The Octopus Project
Track: Music Is Happiness
Album: One Ten Hundred Thousand Million (2005)

The Octopus Project is an American indietronica band based in Austin, Texas. Its unique sound, blending pop and experimental elements, is a combination of digital and electronic sounds and noises and analog equipment. Its music is mostly instrumental.

Top 10 Songs for the Womb

Track: Sogg
Artist: Amiina
Album: Kurr




Track: Wishful Thinking
Artist: The Album Leaf
Album: Into The Blue Again




Track: Sonho Dourado
Artist: Daniel Lanois
Album: Friday Night Lights OST




Track: I Am So Much More Me That You Are Perfectly You
Artist: Eluvium
Album: Lambent Material




Track: You Appearing
Artist: M83
Album: Saturdays = Youth




Track: Tracy
Artist: Mogwai
Album: Young Team




Track: 2 Candles, 1 Wish
Artist: Mono
Album: Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined




Track: Faraway Swimming Pool
Artist: Múm
Album: Finally We Are No One




Track: Starálfur
Artist: Sigur Rós
Album: Ágætis Byrjun




Track: Leather Wings
Artist: This Will Destroy You
Album: This Will Destroy You



*no studies have been done, I just know if I was in the womb again these songs would chill me out.